It was everything I dreamed it would be, maybe even more. I can finally cross off "do a grand costumed Edwardian multi-course meal" from my bucket list. It wasn’t perfect by any means; we definitely had our shares of snafus, mistakes, unfortunate events and kitchen disasters but considering we aren’t professionals, we didn't have a staff of 15 and life happens really it couldn’t have gone any better.

I achieved what I started out to do – cook a meal that did some justice to the great Edwardian obsession with food and extravagance, create an atmosphere that set the mood for my guests and give all involved a chance to learn about a fascinating period of history first hand. Icing on the cake was really enjoying the process, that everyone looked amazing and the time I got to spend with dear friends.

Probably my biggest regret is the photos & videos that weren’t taken but in the case of my staff they were too busy serving (in more than one sense!), my guests were seemed to be too busy enjoying the experience (both of which I’m grateful for and take as a compliment) and I just plain forgot with everything that was going on. So I’m bummed about some of the gaps but oh well!

I’ll write more about the details and how we got there over the next few weeks but for now here are the all important photos. I combined my photos and those of Valorie Mundie of For Such a Time As This Photography as well as few of my favorites from others (*wink*). I broke them into a couple of sets ‘cause that made more sense to me at the time.

I had such an unforgettable time! Thank you so much for the experience. The photos you shared are wonderful! Yes, my gloves prevented me from taking pictures with my iPhone, but after seeing the superior photography equipment in the room, I realized that was probably for the best!

I've been loving all the pictures from this event. It looks amazing! You all did a wonderful job putting it together. Everyone and everything looks fantastic. (Plus, the food has been making me hungry for days! ;p)

This looks like it was SUCH a blast! Big kudos to you for pulling together such a fabulous event and such yummy looking food. AND making your dress and the aprons, etc! Wow!You looked just beautiful and I love your dress :)

Thanks! I'm pretty pleased with my dress, more now that I've tweaked a few things. It's definetly given me the itch to make more from this period! I feel very accomplished having pulled this event off... I've been building up to this dinner for years. I'm really to take a break though and just attend events for a while now though!!